March 28, 2012
Billy Merritt's Improv Dance Party Pt2: Cynicism in Improv

improvdanceparty:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism

After looking up the origins of Cynicism, I’m amazed how honest and true the original philosophy was. To reject the modern trappings for a more simple way of life. To be one with the natural world.

Somehow that turned in to this:

Hey you, person who does improv and really gets into it! Billy Merritt’s occasionally-updated Tumblr takes improv ideas to the far-reaching places you want to apply improv to, like philosophy and film and writing.

January 17, 2012
"Pirate, Robot or Ninja?" (LA Weekly Blog)

Some improv wisdom I’ve gotten to have first-hand from Billy Merritt, excellent UCBT-LA (formerly NY) improv teacher.  I think you can extrapolate it out to most creative work.